^FTMC - FTSE 250
| Previous close | 17,367.86 |
| Open | 17,367.86 |
| Volume | 0 |
| Day's range | 17,275.46 - 17,518.03 |
| 52-week range | 12,373.50 - 22,114.30 |
| Avg. volume | 444,192,298 |
- Yahoo Finance UK
Starling CEO Anne Boden on Bounce Back loans and growing during COVID-19 pandemic
Starling has hired 100 new staff during lockdown, while rivals have been forced to let people go.
- Yahoo Finance UK
Coronavirus: Government announces £155m tax break on PPE
The Treasury has extended a VAT waiver on personal protective equipment until the end of October.
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Starling Bank seeks £35m in new competition funding: 'We're a safe pair of hands'
The app-only bank is applying for a new grant from the Banking Competition Remedies' alternative remedies fund.
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Pubs prepare for 'Super Saturday' with excitement and 'trepidation'
There are concerns pubs will be overwhelmed and worries about how easy it will be to enforce health and safety regulations once drink has been taken.
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Coronavirus: UK manufacturing stabilises after historic collapse
IHS Markit’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) registered at 50.1, in line with economists expectations.
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Shopping centre owner Hammerson collects just 16% of rents
Hammerson owns shopping centres like Brent Cross in London and the Bullring in Birmingham.
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Boris Johnson warns UK faces 'a real, real crisis' on economy
The UK prime minister said the current situation was worse than the 2008 global financial crisis.
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Coronavirus: UK economy suffered biggest fall since 1979 as pandemic struck
The UK economy shrank by 2.2% in the first three months of the year, worse than an earlier estimate of 2%.
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Coronavirus: UK's Future Fund gets more cash and bigger remit
The Future Fund can now back companies that contribute to the UK economy but don’t have a UK-based parent company.
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Coronavirus: UK government promises £5bn 'New Deal' to kickstart recovery
Plans include £1.5bn for hospitals, £1bn to spend building new schools, £900m for “shovel-ready” local projects, and £100m for roads.
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Coronavirus: Mortgage approvals plummet to all-time low
Just 9,300 new mortgages were approved across the UK in May, as the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the housing market to near standstill.
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'Intensified' Brexit trade talks get under way in Brussels
Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, and UK-counterpart David Frost begin five days of 'intensified' talks in Brussels.
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Shop landlords face 'reckoning' over COVID-19 impact
Experts think COVID-19 could be the catalyst to bring retail rents down across the industry, putting major players like British Land and Hammerson in a bind.
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Government fundraiser pushes back on Bank of England rescue claims
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey said the central bank had to intervene in bond markets in early March to help the government raise money.
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Three months on, economic damage of lockdown is clear
The seismic damage done by lockdown will likely take years to recover from — these are the economic challenges the UK faces.
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Coronavirus: JD Wetherspoon confirms pubs will reopen on 4 July
The pub group has draw up the ‘Wetherspoon COVID-19 Secure Operating Plan’, based on 3,000 submissions from employees.
- Investing.com
StockBeat: Premier Foods at 6-Year High as Turnaround Bears Fruit (and Cake)
By Geoffrey Smith
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New workers continue to be furloughed even as economy re-opens
1.1 million employers had furloughed 9.2 million staff by 21 June. It means 100,000 additional workers have been placed on furlough over the last week.
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Coronavirus: Data points to 'vastly improved' picture for UK economy
New purchasing managers’ index data suggests that the country’s economy stabilised in June.
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Coronavirus: Poorest forced to borrow more to get through crisis
The average worker in a shut-down sector of the economy had just £1,900 in savings in May, with Britain's wealth gap widening in the decade before the crisis.
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Government breaks debt and borrowing records as COVID-19 costs soar
Government debt surpassed 100% of UK GDP for the first time since 1963 in May.
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Re-opening of DIY stores drives 'bounce back' in retail sales
The re-opening of hardware stores in May drove a partial rebound in sales, which climbed 12% month-on-month.
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Bank of England told to 'put its money where its mouth is' on climate change
The central bank’s current investment portfolio is on a path to contribute to an average global temperature increase of 3.5°C by the end of the century.
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Government told to extend furlough scheme into 2021 to prevent 'tsunami of job losses'
Union leaders told MPs targeted support was needed to help sectors like the performing arts, retail, and aviation recover from the COVID-19 shutdown.
